GrowVirtue, the new Superhabits app is released today
Available for downloading in the App Store
Today we released our new Superhabits app, and we’re calling it GrowVirtue™.1
Like the original Superhabits app, GrowVirtue is not a habit-tracking app. There are plenty of those around. What GrowVirtue does is discover which habit or habits you should be working on right now — which ones will have the highest impact on your life and happiness right now?
You see, as readers of this substack and of Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life know, the Superhabits are very different from everyday habits. They are not optional habits that you might or might not want to adopt: they are the core building blocks of a strong character, and of a happy and successful life. They are what ancient philosophers called “the virtues,” or habits of excellence, and what contemporary psychology calls “character strengths,” scientifically proven to increase effectiveness, happiness, and health. They are specific habits for decision-making, relationships, courage, and self-discipline.
Superhabits — virtues — are muscles we didn’t even know we had. Video credit: the Heights School. Audio from the Heightscast podcast.
Best of all, Superhabits are mental muscles that we all have, in some cases muscles we never even knew that we had. They may need some exercising to build them up, but every one of us can build every one of them, through daily practice. Everyone can grow in wisdom, courage, self-discipline, and numerous other Superhabits.
GrowVirtue certainly does help you keep track of this daily practice, but that’s not the main point. The main point is to become more and more aware of these specific superhabits, practice one or a few at a time, and watch your whole life experience improve dramatically.
A warm thank you to everyone who has been using our web-only Superhabits app since we launched it last summer, and thank you especially for your feedback. Based directly on this feedback, *GrowVirtue has a number of important new features:
GrowVirtue is an actual app, which you can download from the iOS App Store (and soon from the Google Play Store, for Android).
The Superhabits assessment has been updated based on user feedback, to clarify and tighten up a few of the questions that were a little ambiguous.
The process for choosing a daily practice for each superhabit is dramatically improved: the app takes you through three simple questions, with answer prompts for each, to make finding the right daily practice for growing in your key superhabits simple and seamless.
GrowVirtue now allows you to track your happiness as well as your Superhabits practice, so that you can see, right in front of your eyes, how your life is becoming steadily better.
You now have full control over the notifications you receive from the app (this one was a big request!), so that you can decide what days and times of day to receive your reminders, and pause them whenever you wish.
We’ve also added a daily reflection feature to help with growing in awareness of the role of the Superhabits in our lives.
You can download the new GrowVirtue app here in the iOS App Store. The Android version is coming soon.
Comments and feedback on the new app are most welcome!
And in case you’re wondering why we called it GrowVirtue, it’s because there are other apps in the App Store that use the name “superhabits,” not approved by us, and we don’t want to confuse people.
Hi Shari - our support link is under the Profile icon at the bottom right of the app. (But it looks like you found it because we received your email! We’ll respond directly).
I love Superhabits and subscribed to the app right away: How can I switch my subscription to GrowVirtue? The SH app uninstalled itself but I still text with the AI Coach daily- I can’t seem to log in to SH it wants a new profile. Love the idea but cannot find customer support…. please help!